Predictors of health-related quality of life following injury in childhood and adolescence: a pooled analysis

Conclusions Postinjury HRQoL was associated with survivors’ socioeconomic status, intent, mechanism of injury and comorbidity status. Patterns of physical and psychosocial functioning postinjury differed according to sex and nature of injury sustained. The findings improve understanding of the long-term individual and societal impacts of injury in the early part of life and guide the prioritisation of prevention efforts, inform health and social service planning to help reduce injury burden, and help guide future Global Burden of Disease estimates.
Source: Injury Prevention - Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Tags: Editor's choice Original research Source Type: research